I'll never root for scUM to win a game as long as DickROd is the coach. A good scUM is good for the Big Ten, but Dick Rod is not.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

furls wrote:I'll never root for scUM to win a game as long as DickROd is the coach. A good scUM is good for the Big Ten, but Dick Rod is not.

Exactly.

dudes a scumbag.

look up what he did with purdue and roy roundtree.

Here's hoping he's managing a denny's in nebraska by this time next year.

and I'll never, ever, ever, ever, ever root for michigan in anything, period. Not against non-conference teams, not in bowl games.

They are the enemy.

Swerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.

I root for scUM (simply by not wanting them to lose) generally when they are in bowl games against the SEC. That said, I have not faced that dillema since DickRod showed up in AA.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

furls wrote:I root for scUM (simply by not wanting them to lose) generally when they are in bowl games against the SEC. That said, I have not faced that dillema since DickRod showed up in AA.

The SEC is the exception to the rule when it comes to bowl opponents for scUM, especially if it's florida, who I pray if TOSU ever plays again, Tressel runs up the score..and bad. Urban Meyer deserves a bit of payback in that department.

Swerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.

furls wrote:I root for scUM (simply by not wanting them to lose) generally when they are in bowl games against the SEC. That said, I have not faced that dillema since DickRod showed up in AA.

The SEC is the exception to the rule when it comes to bowl opponents for scUM, especially if it's florida, who I pray if TOSU ever plays again, Tressel runs up the score..and bad. Urban Meyer deserves a bit of payback in that department.

We are tOSFU, and it should be impossible for someone to run up the score on us. Ever. We got our ass kicked by Florida, and if we play them again I hope we beat them 74-6.

What I don't ever want to be is someone who whines about running up the score. If it happens, it's because we got our ass handed to us and we deserve it.

(I'm not tryng to imply that you were whining SSS. Just that you were coming dangerously close. )

Triple-S wrote:The SEC is the exception to the rule when it comes to bowl opponents for scUM, especially if it's florida, who I pray if TOSU ever plays again, Tressel runs up the score..and bad. Urban Meyer deserves a bit of payback in that department.

Don't kid yourself, SSS. Urban took his foot off the gas in the '07 NCG. It could have been 62-14. Urban is an Ohio guy and an Earle Bruce protege. He wasn't looking to run up the score on the Buckeyes. He could've though.

JCoz wrote:I don't think Michigan State beating Michigan will have much if anything to do with getting jumped by Oregon.

If we both go undefeated, it's going to have alot more to do with how we look doing it than who we are doing it against IMO.

It's not like UM is going to be undefeated under any circumstances come the end of the year.

It's just my opinion that if Ohio State and Oregon goes undefeated, and OSU doesn't end up playing the second best team in the Big Ten, that could be enough for Oregon to jump the Buckeyes (especially with how flashy the Ducks have looked, and it shouldn't, but that might play a small role as well).

JCoz wrote:I don't think Michigan State beating Michigan will have much if anything to do with getting jumped by Oregon.

If we both go undefeated, it's going to have alot more to do with how we look doing it than who we are doing it against IMO.

It's not like UM is going to be undefeated under any circumstances come the end of the year.

It's just my opinion that if Ohio State and Oregon goes undefeated, and OSU doesn't end up playing the second best team in the Big Ten, that could be enough for Oregon to jump the Buckeyes (especially with how flashy the Ducks have looked, and it shouldn't, but that might play a small role as well).

Ok, but if we win impressively I see that as a tiny footnote, not a major bullet point.

That may come into play if we lose Pryors legs and are forced to win ugly IMO.

There are a lot of variables that go into this that I would consider before doing something drastic, like rooting for scUM.

1. The Bucks and Ducks both have to be undefeated for it to be relevant2. Terrelle Pryor's Heisman-ness. Don't think for a minute that if he is still a strong candidate that it wont matter.3. Style points: They matter4. .....way down the list, SOS (who you played)

The best thing that could happen to the Bucks is for Miami to win the ACC and look impressive. They lost early enough in the year that if they were to run the table they would probably work their way back into the top-5 to ten. Michigan will only be relevant in this discussion if they are an undefeated or one loss team come Nov. 27. With that defense, I think their run is about over.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

I really think many of the human voters will remember what happened in the Rose Bowl. I know I know different year different teams but the perception about the Buckeyes team speed again Oregon last year is still strong. Not something to worry about at this juncture.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.